Improvement in canopy-tops for children s carriages



UNITED CALVIN E. FOSBURGH, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY. i

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 191,233, dated May 29,1877; application tiled February 10, 1877.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CALVIN E. FosBURGH, of the city of Louisville, inthe county of Jefferson, and State of Kentucky, have invented a certainnew and useful Improvement in Canopy-Tops for Childrens Buggies; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, which will enable others Askilled in the art tomake and use the saine, reference being` had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming part of this this specification, in which- Figure 1 isa perspective view of the buggy, with -the top-cover raised, in order toshow the general arrangement of the several devices for raising thecurtains. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the case or box-top, showing thecurtains, rollers, and other devices therein.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This my invention relates to certain new and useful improvements incanopy buggytops, consisting in so forming the top frame as toconstitute a hollow box or case inclosed by the-top part, which ishinged in front, so as to close down over the frame, in such manner asto make a neat ornamental lnish around the edges, and is secured at theback by a hook or otherwise. The inside of this case is provided withcurtain-rollers of suitable length at each side, working on stationaryshafts secured in bearing in the frame.

These rollers are made in the form of hollow tubes, much larger than theshafts, with flanges on each end, and spiral or folding springs on theinside, one end of which is secured to the shaft and the other to theroller tube,vand are intended to have sufficient elasticity tocorrespond with the length ofthe curtain, oneend of which is secured tothe roller, while the other passes out through a small space between thecover and frame, and when necessary is drawn down and fastened to theside of the body belowin the usual manner,

thereby .constituting the side curtains of the body, and, when required,may be raised again by simply detaching them from the fastening, whenthey trated in detail in will be immediately drawn up into the box,`

out of the way, while the curtain at the buck is made in one piece, andtacked to the inside of the frame, turned down and fastened to the bodyin the usual manner; but when necessary to be raised, it is turned upand folded down between the rollers in the box.

This last-named curtain may be secured to the frame as described, or, ifnecessary, hung by rollers similar to the sides, or, if more convenient,all rollers may be dispensed with, and the curtains tacked tothe framesimilar to that of the back.

This my invention will be more fully illusperspective view, Fig. 1, andsectional view, Fig. 2, of the drawings, in which A is the buggy, and BB are the wheels, all of which are made in form as shown in thedrawings. G is the frame of the canopy-top, which is made of wood, ofsufiicient depth to constitute a box or case with permanent bottom, andinclosed above by the buggy-top cover D, which is hinged in front so asto close down over the frame (J, in such manner as to make a neat finisharound the edges, and secured thereto by a hook at the back.

E E are the rollers, which are made of metal, in the form of hollowtubes, much larger than the shafts on which they work, with flanges onthe ends to keep the curtains in place, with spiral or folding springs HH in the inside, one end of which is secured to the shafts/t' i and theother to the rollertubes E E, and are intended to have suflcientelasticity to correspond with the length of the curtains F, whichconstitute the side curtains, the upper ends of which are secured to therollers E E, while the other passes out through a small space betweenthe cover and top frame O, and is drawn down and secured to the sides ofthe body; but to raise it again it is only necessary to detach it below,when it will be drawn up into the box.

G is the curtain inclosing the back seat, which is made in one piece,and secured to the frame C at the top, and in any suitable new, anddesire to secure by With its cover D, rollers E E, and curtains F and G,substantizilly as herein described, and for the purpose set forth.

CALVIN E. FOSBRGH.

Witnesses:

FRANK PARDON, E. B. HEWITT.

